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Reddish Vale Country Park

8 ha

📷 Wikipedia · Reddish Vale · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome8 ha

Getting here

53.42158, -2.13670

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Guy Salmon Jaguar Land Rover 70m away — 18 car parks within reach

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
🅿️Guy Salmon Jaguar Land Rover 70m away — 18 car parks within reach

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Parking

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9 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Mallard +68 more · last seen 2026; Birds — Woodpigeon, Rock Dove, Mallard +68 more · last seen 2026

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — Hogweed, White Clover, Creeping Buttercup +58 more · last seen 2025; Plants — Hogweed, White Clover, Creeping Buttercup +58 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Strong match

Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Syrphus +43 more · last seen 2025; Insects — 7-spot Ladybird, Marmalade Hoverfly, Syrphus +43 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Strong match

Plants — Hogweed, Bramble, Common Nettle +6 more foraging species; Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

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Walking

14 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Midshires WayWalking route370 km

Multi-use trail links the Ridgeway National Trail with the Trans Pennine Trail

Named routeLength 370 kmRegional walking route

Tameside Trail (West - Broadbottom to Mossley)Walking route

Named routeLocal walking route

Trans-Pennine Trail (Stockport to Silkstone Common)Walking route

Named routeRegional walking route

GM Ringway Stage 7Walking route14.3 km

GM Ringway Stage 7 - Marple to Broadbottom

Named routeLength 14.3 kmRegional walking route

Cheshire Ring Canal WalkWalking route

Named route

🚴

Cycling

213 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Route 60Cycling route

Named routeRef 60National Cycle Network

Alan Newton WayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

A6 alternate routeCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Errwood Road CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

NCN Route 62Cycling route

Named routeRef 62National Cycle Network

Ladybrook CyclewayCycling route

Named routeLocal cycle route

Wildlife to spot

40,055 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

40,055 records · National Biodiversity Network

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Birds51 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Rock Dove · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Moorhen +46

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
CootFulica atra2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
TealAnas crecca
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

40,055 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds51 species

autumnwinter

2026

Black-headed Gull · Rock Dove · Magpie · Woodpigeon · Moorhen +46

Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2025
Rock DoveColumba livia2025
MagpiePica pica2025
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2025
MoorhenGallinula chloropus2025
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2025
MallardAnas platyrhynchos2025
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula2025
Mute SwanCygnus olor2025
RobinErithacus rubecula2025
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2025
Great TitParus major2025
CootFulica atra2025
GadwallMareca strepera2025
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2025
BlackbirdTurdus merula2025
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2025
JackdawColoeus monedula2025
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2025
Canada GooseBranta canadensis2025
DunnockPrunella modularis2025
House SparrowPasser domesticus2025
TealAnas crecca
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2025
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2025
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2025
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2025
NuthatchSitta europaea2025
GoldcrestRegulus regulus2025
Herring GullLarus argentatus2025
Stock DoveColumba oenas2025
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula2025
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto2025
RedwingTurdus iliacus2025
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2025
Greylag GooseAnser anser2025
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2025
Little EgretEgretta garzetta2025
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2025
SiskinSpinus spinus2025
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2025
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba2025
Common GullLarus canus2025
JayGarrulus glandarius2025
Coal TitPeriparus ater2025
Tree SparrowPasser montanus2025
LapwingVanellus vanellus2025
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2025
GoosanderMergus merganser2025
Mandarin DuckAix galericulata2025
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2025

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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